August 4, 2018 www.PositiveChristianity.org presents Positive Daily Inspiration

 LIVING THE SIMPLE LIFE

"Whoever become simple and elemental again, like this child, will rank high in God's kingdom." Matthew 18:4

The good life is not found in complexity but in simplicity.

Tis a joy to be simple, tis a joy to be free, tis a joy to come down where we ought to be... 
- excerpt from an old Shaker hymn titled "Simple Gifts"

In Alice in Wonderland the white rabbit states, "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get!"

That is the statement that many of us could make today. We are the beneficiary of many technological innovations, but those innovations can come with a price. Our world is becoming more complex and busy. Complexity fatigues the soul.

People live with their cell phone texting constantly, people continue working into the late hours at home. 
 
We must learn to simplify.

Unless you take firm control of your time in your life you risk being overwhelmed by an ever-growing title wave of complexity.

"Many of us have not been informed of the simple fact that as we go deeper into the rat race we ultimately become the things that are acquired, owned, and consumed."
Chris LaPlante

A rich person is not one who has the most but is one who needs the least.

When society changes
from its natural state of flux,
to that which seems like chaos,
the inner world of the superior person
remains uncluttered and at peace.
By remaining still, there self-detached,
they aid society in its return
to the way of nature and of peace.
The value of their insight may be clearly seen
when chaos ceases. - Tao-Te-Ching 

Sometimes it takes a person a lifetime, to look back and reflect and realize how happy they were (or should have realized they were) back then.

You are probably already happy and just don't know it – right now, if you slow down you will realize it.  I once heard Willie Nelson in concert say, "If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now."

There is never a better time to simplify than right now. The glass is neither half full nor half empty rather; it is twice as big as it needs to be, you have God's FULL blessing if you but take time to realize it. We spend too much time making a living and too little time living and making.

Life is not something that needs to be filled constantly with more stuff. Space is not something to be filled with beautiful things; space is beauty.

"I want to live simply, to work honestly, to love completely and to dare mightily, so that when I die, my children, and their children, will know that I died empty, and well satisfied." Doug Robinson

The Big 3: Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody is watching. 

The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, Someone to love, and Something to hope for - Alexander Chalmers

You are a human being - not a human doing.

First, I was dying to finish high school and start college.
And then I was dying to finish college and start working.
And then I was dying to marry and have children.
And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough for
school so i could return to work.
And then I was dying to retire.
And now, I am dying...and suddenly I realize I forgot to live. Unknown

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER: 

Dear God, help me to remember to be alive, living every moment.  
Help me to simplify so that I can enjoy just being.  
Help me to slow down so I can become more aware of You.

In Jesus Christ’s name…Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: I find great joy in the simple life.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: "If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few."
Ben Franklin


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